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PHP glob() doesnt find .htaccess

Simple question - How to list .htaccess files using glob()?

Solution

  • glob() does list "hidden" files (files starting with . including the directories . and ..), but only if you explicitly ask it for:

     glob(".*");

    Filtering the returned glob() array for .htaccess entries with preg_grep:

     $files = glob(".*") AND $files = preg_grep('/\.htaccess$/', $files);

    The alternative to glob of course would be just using scandir() and a filter (fnmatch or regex):

     preg_grep('/^\.\w+/', scandir("."))